May 3, 2024 | Digital Showcase | Humboldt Library
All Presenters & Abstracts
Ten Tribes Partnership and the Colorado River Basin
Presentation Year: 2019
My project will discuss the role and influence the Ten tribes Partnership plays in the Colorado River Basin's water management and policy and how it affects the communities of it's member tribes as well as their surrounding non-native communities.
The Anti-Violence and Comics Project
Presentation Year: 2019
The project presents a strategy to address the question of how to best support marginalized survivors. Through translating academic and practical knowledge into a visual resource, “(in)difference to survivors”. It brings marginalized voices up front without putting them at risk. It is the ultimate hope that the project influences policy makers, Title IX professionals, applied anthropologists, and survivor support organizations. This is a project by and for survivors of sexualized violence.
The Biocultural Trauma Feedback Loop
Presentation Year: 2019
Trauma is repeated throughout a victim’s life, but the biological mechanisms of its recurrence (revictimization), even though understood biologically, are not accepted or discussed in all disciplines. To understand these issues, I conducted a synthesis of existing scientific research on revictimization. Sociological research revealed that initial trauma and revictimization are in a positive feedback loop, with incidences of one increasing the other. In biology, however, this loop has been acknowledged but has not been integrated into these disciplines. Recognizing the existence of this biological feedback loop has the potential to mitigate the damage of past, present, and future trauma.
The Choctaw Tribe and the Nanih Waiya
Presentation Year: 2019
The land feature known as the Nanih Waiya mound is central to the religious beliefs and cultural identity of the Choctaw Tribe of Native Americans. The function and creation of this mound differs depending upon the perspective of the Choctaw Tribal divisions, but it is mostly classified as a human-made earthwork that dates back to the Middle Woodland period (c. 0-300 CE) with naturally occurring features. Choctaw tribal members were separated from their original land and the Nanih Waiya after European contact and forced evacuations which began with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The mound is present in most Choctaw origin stories and is a source of identity and community for the Tribe.
The Counter-Narratives of British and American High Schools Within Television
Presentation Year: 2019
This ongoing research project investigates the counter-narrative of high schools within American and British culture within films and tv shows. 90210 and many other American shows shows high school as “the greatest time of your life” while Skins, a British-based series, shows that high school is just something that you want to get out of. Sex Education, which is the main focus, combines the two cultures to combat the negative connotation of the stereotypical British high school. I also explore how as technology improves, rhetoric changes its form (television) to fit with what society needs to get their message across a large audience.
The Effect of Interval Intensity on Time To Exhaustion During High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Running in Recreational Male Runners
Presentation Year: 2019
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has become popular in recent years, but a lack of guidelines for interval intensities and margins compromise exercise prescription. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 3 HIIT sessions and 1 continuous running session of the same average intensity (80% VO2max) on total Run Time to Exhaustion (TE). Ten adult male recreational runners (Age=22.9 ± 2.5 yr, Height=1.72 ± 0.1m, Body Mass=74.1 ± 7.4 kg) completed running sessions, with HIIT trials featuring 2 minute bouts and a 1:1 ratio of work to active recovery. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed mean TE differed significantly between conditions (F (3, 27) = 23.4071, p < 0.05).
The Effects of C-Tactile Afferent Stimulation on Orgasm
Presentation Year: 2019
This study aims to test the possible effects of naturally-released oxytocin on aspects of the male orgasm. In two trials, the participants utilize an FDA-approved clinical vibration device to induce orgasm in the absence of any audiovisual stimuli. During one of these trials, the participant is brushed on the forearm to release endogenous oxytocin (via C-tactile afferent activation), at the other they are tapped on the hand with the end of the brush to act as a placebo. Given the role of oxytocin in hedonic (pleasure) responses, it is predicted that oxytocin will significantly increase subjective orgasm intensity and ejaculate volume and decrease ejaculation latency.
The Effects of Climate Change on Native American Communities
Presentation Year: 2019
Currently climate change is altering landscapes all over the globe and Native American communities are at the forefront of this ongoing battle. Tribes near low-lying coastal areas are most at risk when talking about climate change and the I've chosen to focus on three tribes in Alaska, two tribes in Florida in the Everglades and four tribes in the bayous of Louisiana. In this poster I'll be talking about how climate change will not only affect the tribes' abilities to continue their subsistence lifestyle and culture but also their ability to collect traditional food sources and maintain their water rights held by the Winters v. United States court case.
The Effects of Phonetic Convergence and Auditory Imagery on Reading
Presentation Year: 2019
This study aimed to address whether phonetic convergence (i.e., speech imitation) and auditory imagery with respect to reading (i.e., "hearing" the voice of a text's author) are fundamentally governed by the same process — episodic encoding (c.f., Goldinger, 1998). This would provide an explanation for why we shift the way we speak when reading text written by a familiar author. The results of this study suggest that these two phenomena may actually be governed by differing processes. However, further research is needed to provide support for a more definitive conclusion.
The Effects of Tribal Water Rights on Forestry Practices
Presentation Year: 2019
The United States, on behalf of numerous Native American tribes, brought action against the State of Washington, alleging that the State violated the fishing clause of the Stevens Treaties by building and maintaining barrier culverts that prevented salmon movement along rivers. This poster will show the effect of the 'right to fish' on tribal water rights and the lasting effects of these factors on forestry practices, especially road building.
The Gap Between Indigenous People and the Access to Proper Health Care
Presentation Year: 2019
By presenting the issue of the lack of access Indigenous people have with health care, which is ultimately none, will enlighten individuals of the pressing issue of increasing mortality rates and implement change within the government.
The Gift of Kings: Reciprocity Between Worlds
Presentation Year: 2019
I investigated the role of reciprocity in sacrificial rites of Iron Age Ireland through literature review of three well-documented bog bodies: Clonycavan Man, Gallagh Man, and Oldcroghan Man. I hypothesized that the elite status of these men made them valuable as sacrificial offerings. Literature indicates their high status as well as the ritual nature of their deaths and deposition. Sacrificial ritual establishes reciprocity between mortals and the divine. Reciprocity is a universal social phenomenon which creates a network of mutual obligation. The people of Iron Age Ireland used high-value offerings in sacrificial ritual as a means of obtaining high-value returns from their deities.
The Impacts of the Boldt Decision
Presentation Year: 2019
In 1974, Federal District George Boldt granted a 50/50 share of salmon and steelhead fisheries for tribes and commercial fishermen, as well as co-manager statues over their natural recourses. My poster is going to cover the regulations this decision established for both local fisheries and surrounding waters of the Puget Sound.
The Indian Health Service and the Sterilization of Native American Women
Presentation Year: 2019
In the 1960’s, the Indian Health Service (IHS) introduced and provided native american women different methods of birth control. The US government agency personnel, including the IHS, targeted native americans due to their high birth rate. As opposed to popular belief, native women were often subsidized and used as test subjects with the goal of population control under the American Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW.) This lead to an abundance of native women becoming sterilized by their physician without their consent.
The Indigenous Effort to Protect Eagles
Presentation Year: 2019
Native Tribes have been and continue to be an instrumental part in the protection of eagles throughout the United States. Due to their work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and researchers, they have made substantial progress in furthering their conservation areas and techniques to protect the different species of eagles from extinction. These initiatives are depicted by the Eagle Summits that have been held, as well as eagle rehabilitation areas created on tribal land. Through my research, I will be educating attendees on the work of the tribes to conserve eagle populations and rehabilitate injured eagles while continuing their cultural traditions within the Midwest.
The Indigenous Influence on Komodo Dragon Research and Conservation
Presentation Year: 2019
I will be exploring the history and involvement of indigenous people from the islands of Indonesia focusing on the conservation and research of Komodo Dragons. My poster will go into depth of the history and culture that surrounds the giant reptiles of the islands, focusing on the traditional ecological knowledge and the impacts it has had and how it is changing still to this day.
The Involuntary Sterilization of Native American Women
Presentation Year: 2019
Between the 1960s and 1970s, Native American women were involuntarily sterilized when they went to the Indian Health Services (IHS). Many would go in for one procedure and end up being sterilized and made believe that it was reversible.
The Irishman and His Whiskey
Presentation Year: 2019
The artifact of alcoholic beverages contains a profoundly vast array of facets to articulate. This paper aims to make the critical interventions necessary to realize the manifestations of alcohol use and its interpretations, in terms of identity, occur because of historic contexts embedded in our culture. By examining the symbolism and stereotypes of the Irish immigrant in America, the identity struggles and ideologies surrounding alcohol can be understood through the rhetoric of social groups.
The Jefferson Community Center Fight Against Food Insecurity in Humboldt County
Presentation Year: 2019
Communities in poverty often lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Resources such as community gardens and health education have the ability to inspire and transform the lives of those involved. The Jefferson Community Center provide these resources to the public, bringing back environmental sustainability and justice. The lack of food security in the community shows the need of community building and access to fresh produce. My poster reflects my experiences at the Jefferson Community Center and how they are contributing to the public in important and positive ways.
The Lyre: An Ancient Symbol of Power?
Presentation Year: 2019
Music is a phenomenon that transcends cultural boundaries and primordial origins. At the Anglo-Saxon archaeological site of Sutton Hoo, a seventh century lyre was unearthed in a lavish royal burial. Utilizing literature analysis and experimental archaeology to recreate a seventh century lyre, this study explored the relationship between social stratification and art, implementing a cultural materialist theoretical framework. Research indicates the labor required to create a lyre would limit the market to wealthy individuals. This work serves to expand the understanding of hierarchical institutions in ancient England and how social stratification affected access to art.